There is excitement and hope filling the air in the dusty town of Wajir. Residents are joyful of the new tarmac road coming up along numerous stretches of roads within Wajir town.

SaadiaAbdishukri sells fresh farm produces like kale and water melons along the busy Isiolo-Wajir road. She expresses her excitement of the new road but quickly registers her complain of the dust caused by huge trucks and tractors working on the road.

Wajir County Public Service Board (WCPSB) this week embarked on a head count of all employees in the county in order to facilitate the development of coherent, integrated HR planning and budgeting of personnel emoluments.

The county government Act Section 59 (i) (g) and (h) empowers the County Public Service Board to carry out this HR audit in a view to:

Wajir County Governor Ahmed Abdullahi yesterday described Al Shabaabas hypocritical in their targeting of Christians for not sharing the Muslim faith while they were killing Muslims in Somalia. "Here they are killing men and women who are teaching our children and treating our sick for being Christians, yet in Somalia they kill Muslims. They are cold blooded hypocrites," charged Mr Abdullahi.

The Governor officially handed over cheques worth 30 Million KSH to heads of private and public schools in the County.

The Governor was flanked by CEC of Education Habiba Hussein, Education Chief Officer Abdullahi Maalim, Chairman County Public Service Board Ibrahim Dahiye, County director of Education Hassan Dualle, County Assembly Committee on ECD and Vocational training and other County Officials as well as the Wajir County Bursary Fund Committee.

Governor Ahmed said it's important children are introduced to education in a pleasant way. Deputy Governor Abdihafid Yarrow urged the community to support pipe children to this facilities to the brim and also help protect the infrastructure. The Department led by able CEC Habiba Hussein will also embark on Pastoral Education to steer anti radicalization campaign in all schools.

Professionals from Wajir County have been urged to give back to their home area and help tap into its great potential to lift it from years of neglect and underdevelopment.

As community leaders from business, government and academic circles gathered for the conference in Nairobi, it seemed a paradox that one of the most underdeveloped counties in Kenya could have produced such a bagful of elites, not to mention MPs, some of whom head powerful parliamentary committees.

Governor Ahmed Abdullahi today received non-pharmaceutical supplies worth Kshs. 5,314,200.00 which were donated by Save the Children to Wajir County government. The supplies were composed of the following items;